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473 articles available in total starting from 09/04/2018. Last article published on 30/01/2026.

Edward Berger • Director of All Quiet on the Western Front

Interview: Edward Berger • Director of All Quiet on the Western Front

“What we associate with the two wars is shame, grief, destruction and guilt; I wanted to make a film out of this heritage”

We chatted to the German director about his Netflix-financed adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s bestseller, also selected as his country’s Oscars submission  

03/10/2022 | Zurich 2022

Hans-Christian Schmid • Director of We Are Next of Kin

Interview: Hans-Christian Schmid • Director of We Are Next of Kin

“Handheld cameras are often intuitive – when characters start moving, they do too”

The German director discusses his adaptation of the novel based on a real-life kidnapping  

30/09/2022 | Hamburg 2022

Uli Decker • Director of Anima – My Father's Dresses

Interview: Uli Decker • Director of Anima – My Father's Dresses

"The categorical distinction between fiction and documentary is artificial: like the boundary between male and female, there is so much in-between”

The director discusses her documentary, in which she blends elements from the documentary form, animation and fiction  

30/09/2022 | /Germany

Lea Najjar • Director of Kash Kash

Interview: Lea Najjar • Director of Kash Kash

“It was necessary to constantly refocus on this microcosm and find a way to express something bigger through it”

The winner of Best Documentary Film at this year’s First Steps Awards talks about her approach to the singular world portrayed in the movie and its protagonists  

29/09/2022 | /Qatar/Lebanon/Germany

Shooting is under way on historical thriller Red Stars Upon the Field

Shooting is under way on historical thriller Red Stars Upon the Field

German director and author Laura Laabs directs a crime story interweaving different eras in Germany's history  

29/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany

Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

Interview: Torsten Frehse • CEO, European Work in Progress

“It's a way to get a first impression of the filmmaker’s ‘signature’, which is especially important with younger directors”

In Cologne, ongoing film projects will be presented as works in progress to a professional network of producers, distributors and festival programmers  

27/09/2022 | /Germany

Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness comes out on top at the 2022 Filmkunstmesse

Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness comes out on top at the 2022 Filmkunstmesse

A slew of recently premiered international film productions have been presented to German distributors and programmers at the Leipzig-based event  

26/09/2022 | Festivals | Awards | Germany

Aron Lehmann adapts a female-centric bestseller with What You Can See From Here

Aron Lehmann adapts a female-centric bestseller with What You Can See From Here

The film, based on the novel by German author Mariana Leky, stars Corinna Harfouch and Luna Wedler in the lead roles  

21/09/2022 | Production | Funding | Germany

David Preute • Director of Rogue Trader

Interview: David Preute • Director of Rogue Trader

"We shot in English for marketing reasons, but also because it makes sense in terms of content"

The German director talks to us about his first feature film, which he dedicated to the world of finance  

20/09/2022 | /Germany

Basil Khalil • Director of A Gaza Weekend

Interview: Basil Khalil • Director of A Gaza Weekend

“I think with comedy, you can reach people who wouldn't otherwise want to hear stories from a place with such tough issues”

In his first feature, the London-based Palestinian director parodies the situation in Gaza by crafting a satirical and irreverent comedy  

19/09/2022 | Toronto 2022 | Discovery

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